Reidvale Housing Association has registered as a “Local Champion” with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and will work with the Imagination Library to deliver a book to every child in our area, every month, from birth until their 5th birthday.
In 1995, Dolly Parton launched her Imagination Library, for children in her home county in East Tennessee, USA. Dolly's vision was to foster a love of reading among preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month. She knew that books excite children, and they feel the magic that books can create. She wanted to make sure that every child would have books, regardless of their family’s income.
Dolly was inspired to set up her Imagination Library as a tribute to her father, a hardworking man who was unable to read or write. Dolly wanted to guarantee access to books to inspire a lifelong love of reading and help children to reach their full potential.
In 2000, Dolly made the program available to any community willing to partner with her and to support it locally. In the 30 years since it was launched the Imagination Library has gone from just a few dozen books to registering more than 3 million children worldwide and distributing more than 284 million books!
Independent reports show that the Imagination Library helps young children to develop their reading skills before going to school.
The cost of providing books to our young residents will be met by the Association and the Imagination Library. There will be no cost to the child’s family.
To register your child/children or if you have any queries just now you can email anndundas@reidvale.org.uk.
Every book is personally addressed to each individual child. How cool is that?! A child enrolled at birth will build their own library of 60 books!
“When I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams. They dream of becoming a doctor or an inventor or a minister. Who knows, maybe there is a little girl whose dream is to be a writer and singer.
The seeds of these dreams are often found in books and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world.”
Dolly Parton